A self-consistent 2-D model for the dip angle of mantle downflow beneath an overriding continent

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 215-224

  Trubitsyn, V P ^a   Rykov, V V ^a   Jacoby, W R ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNWELLING; FLUID FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PROCESS;

EID: 0344069771     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(98)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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